The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa" ... Finely crafted scholarship. Elegant and graceful, yet packed with knowledge and information, it embodies the aesthetic qualities which it describes and explores." American Ethnologist "The text is detailed and informative, and enjoyable reading ..." Choice "The Mande Blacksmith is an important book ... sensitive, sympathetic, multifaceted, and thorough ..." African Arts "McNaughton's Mande Blacksmiths is undeniably the most profound study of African artists yet published." Ethnoarts " ... penetrating ... McNaughton boldly grapples with the thorniest issues related to his subject and articulates them with clarity and precision." International Journal of African Historical Studies " ... a work in the best tradition of ethnographic research ... critical reappraisal, innovative inquiry, and fresh observation ... make this book an invaluable fund of new material on Mande societies ..." American Anthropologist "McNaughton ... provides an important interpretation of these artists' conceptual place as members of a complex culture." Religious Studies Review Examining the artistic, technological, social, and spiritual dimensions of Mande blacksmiths, who are the sculptors of their society, McNaughton defines these artists conceptual place as extraordinary members of a complex culture. |
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Some are perfomed by bards and , more occasionally , by blacksmiths . Bards , called jeliw , are the genealogists and epic poets of Mande society . They are at once historians , musicians , and political motivators .
Some are perfomed by bards and , more occasionally , by blacksmiths . Bards , called jeliw , are the genealogists and epic poets of Mande society . They are at once historians , musicians , and political motivators .
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the past few decades some bards have made recordings , toured Europe and America , and acquired worldwide followings . 17 For the Mande , words are full of special energy , which can be dangerous if misused . Bards are believed to ...
the past few decades some bards have made recordings , toured Europe and America , and acquired worldwide followings . 17 For the Mande , words are full of special energy , which can be dangerous if misused . Bards are believed to ...
الصفحة 161
This ambivalence reflects the different capacities and roles of bards and of smiths . But its ultimate focus is quite similar : bards bestow great benefits on their society while exacting an enormous measure of control , and this is ...
This ambivalence reflects the different capacities and roles of bards and of smiths . But its ultimate focus is quite similar : bards bestow great benefits on their society while exacting an enormous measure of control , and this is ...
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المحتوى
BLACKSMITHS IN MANDE SOCIETY | 1 |
THE MANDE SMITHS AS CRAFTSMEN | 22 |
SMITHS AND THE SHAPE OF CIVILIZED SPACE | 40 |
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طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
acquire activities African amulets animal articulation association Bamako Bamana bards become believed Bird blacksmiths blade called Camara carry carved caste circumcision clans collection communication considered create culture cups daliluw dance dangerous described divination effect energy example fact figures fire force forge frequently groups hammer hand handle head Henry horns human hunters important individuals initiation Interview involves iron kind knowledge kòmò kòmò masks lamps live Mali Mande master materials means medicine mouth names natural noted nyama objects performance Photograph piece PLATE possess practice praise present protect referred region sculpture secret Sedu Traore serve shaft shape smelting smiths social society sometimes song sorcery spear spirits staffs suggests symbolize techniques things tion town traditional types West Western wood young
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa المجلد 798 من Midland books Traditional arts of Africa |
| المؤلف | Patrick R. McNaughton |
| الإصدار | مزود بصور توضيحية |
| الناشر | Indiana University Press, 1988 |
| أصلي من | جامعة ميتشيغان |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 13 أيلول (سبتمبر) 2008 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 025333683X, 9780253336835 |
| عدد الصفحات | 241 من الصفحات |
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